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When Dieter runs, his whole body hurts.. When it hurts, Dieter dreams about things that do not hurt.. Answers and Explanations 1 A The first line of the story says, “Dieter loves to run

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Dieter loves to run

He runs in the morning He runs in the afternoon He runs in the

evening He runs at night

Dieter loves to run, but it hurts to run

When Dieter runs, it hurts

His legs hurt His arms hurt His back hurts His head hurts When

Dieter runs, his whole body hurts

Then, Dieter starts thinking He starts dreaming

He dreams about his job He dreams about his home

He dreams about his family He dreams about his friends He dreams about the world

At first, running hurts No one likes it when it hurts

When it hurts, Dieter dreams about things that do not hurt

This is why Dieter loves running Running gives him the best dreams

Sometimes, Dieter forgets that he is running Sometimes, he runs all morning Sometimes, he runs all afternoon Sometimes, he runs all night

Dieter runs and dreams

Questions:

1) What does Dieter love to do?

A He loves to run

B He loves to dream

C He loves to think

D He loves to hurt

2) When Dieter runs, it hurts What

does this mean?

A He feels good

B He feels bad

3) What does Dieter do while he is

running?

A He dreams

B He sleeps

C He eats

D He drinks

4) What does Dieter dream about?

I his job

II his family III his future

A I only

B I and II

C II and III

D I, II, and III

Answers and Explanations

1) A

The first line of the story says, “Dieter loves to run.” Therefore (A) is correct

Dieter loves running because it “gives him the best dreams,” but the story

does not say that Dieter loves to dream Therefore (B) is incorrect When

running makes Dieter’s body hurt, “Dieter starts thinking.” The story does not

say that Dieter loves thinking Therefore (C) is incorrect In paragraph 4, it says, “No one likes it when it hurts.” Therefore (D) is incorrect

2) B

In paragraph 4, it says, “No one likes it when it hurts.” People do not like bad

things Since no one likes it, hurting must feel bad Therefore (B) is correct

People like good things Since no one likes hurting, it does not feel good

Therefore (A) is incorrect

3) A

In paragraph 3, when Dieter’s body starts to hurt, Dieter “starts dreaming.”

The last line of the story says, “Dieter runs and dreams.” Therefore (A) is correct The story does not contain information to support answer choices (B),

(C), and (D) Therefore they are incorrect

4) B

In paragraph 3, it says Dieter “dreams about his job,” “home,” “family,”

“friends,” and “the world.” The mention of “job” supports options (I) The mention of “family” supports option (II) The story does not say that Dieter dreams about the future This eliminates option (III) Therefore (B) is correct